Whether you’re an expeditor/restyler doing dealership-centric work or a consumer-facing brick-and-mortar retail operation, automotive electronics are one of the most profitable and opportune segments in all of the automotive aftermarket. In this session learn about new products and technologies in exciting categories that provide both profit potential and exposure to new market segments. Add more service-related engagement with installation services and solution-based approaches that your competitors are almost certainly missing.

Learn how to fabricate 3D shapes safely and efficiently without a CNC machine. Bryan Schmitt’s innovative fabrication processes demonstrate how to use a router table and router safety sled to enhance repeatable creativity and do it with safety in mind. Build amazing trim panels, dash face plates, speaker adapters and other parts that have professional-grade profiles that support visual and functional elements of factory-like automotive interior design.

The smartphone is the single greatest conduit for connecting technology to drivers and passengers. Join Pioneer Electronics’ Ted Cardenas for an informative session on just how much the technologies of smartphone integration are progressing and positioned to play a bigger role in vehicles in the future. Whether it’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality on an aftermarket in-dash screen, or additional connected sources and services for entertainment, safety and information, the smartphone and supporting in-vehicle technology are the tools allowing today’s vehicles to be both safely integrated and hyper-connected.